Enrollment
309
High
DISTRICT 325 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12·NCES 360009006160
CINEMA SCHOOL (THE)
1551 E 172ND ST, BRONX, NY 10472 · (718) 620-2560 · Bronx County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL309 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of New York public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public high schools
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
282 students
DISTRICT 95% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 82 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 81 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 72 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 74 | 24% |
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
46.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -26.0pp since 2023
Math
12.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -10.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 26 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 10 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 12.0% |
| 2023-24 | 72.0% | 22.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
33.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like CINEMA SCHOOL (THE)
CINEMA SCHOOL (THE)'s state test result (33.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CINEMA SCHOOL (THE) this school | 309 | 91.3% | 33.7% |
| URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GREEN CAREERS (THE) NEW YORK | 326 | 90.2% | 33.5% |
| BRONX SCHOOL OF LAW AND FINANCE BRONX | 330 | 93.0% | 37.5% |
| BELMONT PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL BRONX | 334 | 93.7% | 31.7% |
| BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND COMMUNITY SERVICE BRONX | 367 | 91.0% | 45.0% |
| BUSHWICK LEADERS HIGH SCHOOL FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE BROOKLYN | 358 | 91.6% | 23.2% |
Matched among New York high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where CINEMA SCHOOL (THE) ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.7% | #1,030 of 1,135 | #111 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.0% | #1,083 of 1,109 ▼ 104 | #122 of 128 ▼ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,002 of 1,135 ▼ 389 | #107 of 136 ▼ 68 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 309 | #910 of 1,216 | #103 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #598 of 1,058 | #75 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.7% | #723 of 1,070 | #107 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.3% | #179 of 1,167 | #86 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.1% | #214 of 339 | #25 of 32 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
309
-55 (-15%) vs 2020
+132% since 2010-11, when it was 133
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 14.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 309 | 27.1 | 11.4:1 | 91% (282) |
| 2023-24 | 323 | 27.8 | 11.6:1 | 91% (293) |
| 2022-23 | 359 | 29.1 | 12.3:1 | 87% (312) |
| 2020-21 | 364 | 25 | 14.6:1 | 84% (305) |
| 2017-18 | 294 | 22 | 13.4:1 | 86% (253) |
| 2015-16 | 314 | 20 | 15.7:1 | 79% (248) |
| 2010-11 | 133 | 9 | 14.8:1 | 81% (108) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CINEMA SCHOOL (THE).
About CINEMA SCHOOL (THE)
CINEMA SCHOOL (THE) is a high school in BRONX, New York, reachable at (718) 620-2560. The grade span is 9 through 12, and enrollment is 309 students. Average enrollment for high schools in New York is about 668, so this school runs 54% smaller than that.
CINEMA SCHOOL (THE) is part of a district of 47 schools: NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12, with 15,705 students.
A majority of students at CINEMA SCHOOL (THE), 77%, are Hispanic. Next come 18% Black. The county population is about 55% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at CINEMA SCHOOL (THE) belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 37%.
Teachers at the school number 27.1 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 11.4:1. High schools in New York have a similar average ratio of 11.0:1. Roughly 91% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Bronx County, the average is about the same, 90%.
Measured against New York public high schools, CINEMA SCHOOL (THE) receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, CINEMA SCHOOL (THE) would score about 41.4%. It scores 33.7%, 7.8 points below that figure.
Across Bronx County, median household income is about $48,676, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 23%. The public schools of Bronx County number 472 and enroll about 202,028.
The closest other public school is MOTT HALL V, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: CINEMA SCHOOL (THE) ranks 5th of 9 nearby schools, at 33.7% versus a 40.1% average.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
CINEMA SCHOOL (THE) had 364 students in 2020-21 and 309 in 2024-25, a 15% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 14.6:1 to 11.4:1.
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Bronx County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,404,779
Census ACS
Median income
$48,676
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
23%
Below federal line
Schools in county
472
202,028 students
Quick facts
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Nearby schools
- MOTT HALL V0.0 mi · 636
- METROPOLITAN SOUNDVIEW HIGH SCHOOL (THE)0.1 mi · 356
- PAN AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT MONROE0.1 mi · 339
- HIGH SCHOOL OF WORLD CULTURES0.1 mi · 381
- PS 1960.1 mi · 662
- PS 1950.1 mi · 713
Frequently asked questions
About CINEMA SCHOOL (THE)How large is CINEMA SCHOOL (THE)?
CINEMA SCHOOL (THE) enrolls approximately 309 students in grades 09-12.
Is CINEMA SCHOOL (THE) an elementary, middle, or high school?
CINEMA SCHOOL (THE) is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does CINEMA SCHOOL (THE) have?
CINEMA SCHOOL (THE) employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at CINEMA SCHOOL (THE)?
At CINEMA SCHOOL (THE), the student body is approximately 1% White, 77% Hispanic, 18% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is CINEMA SCHOOL (THE) public or private?
CINEMA SCHOOL (THE) is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12.
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